Astrid Sleire
Astrid Sleire (b. 1961) graduated at the National College of Art and Design in Bergen in 1988. Sleire has participated in both invited and juried exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her works have been acquired by collections and museums such as the Oslo Municipality Art Collection, the National Museum, KODE Bergen, Sørlandets Art Museum, Nordnorsk Art Museum, Nordenfjeldske Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, and the Westerwald Ceramics Museum. She has also undertaken several public art commissions and was awarded the Finn Erik Alsos Memorial Prize in 2022. She has her studio at Kunstnerverksteder cs55, and until July 2023, she was an Associate Professor specializing in ceramics and clay at the Academy of Fine Art – Department of Contemporary Art, KMD, University of Bergen.
More on Astrid:
Website: https://www.astridsleire.no
“My gaze often lingers on something that is built, assembled from parts – perhaps it could be called the architectural. I am interested in following the process leading up to the tension that arises just before an impending collapse. The moment before something breaks, topples, or dissolves.”
Astrid was featured in an exhibition at SKOG with Karin Blomgren that took place from the 26 September to the 20 October 2024.
